Usually means: Independent clause with complete thought.
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  1. main clause: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. main clause: Merriam-Webster
  3. main clause: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. main clause: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. main clause: Collins English Dictionary
  6. main clause: Vocabulary.com
  7. main-clause, main clause: Wiktionary
  8. main clause: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. main clause: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. main clause: Dictionary.com
  11. Main clause: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. main clause: Rhymezone
  13. main clause: FreeDictionary.org
  14. main clause: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. main clause: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (main clause)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

Similar:
coordinate clause, clause, subject clause, noun clause, subordinate clause, objective clause, complex sentence, object clause, matrix clause, compound sentence, more...

Opposite:
subordinate clause, dependent clause

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Similar:
coordinate clause, clause, subject clause, noun clause, subordinate clause, objective clause, complex sentence, object clause, matrix clause, compound sentence, more...

Opposite:
subordinate clause, dependent clause



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